History

History of Kyrgyzstan

The territory of modern Kyrgyzstan had always been an interest at different times for man troops as those of Djingis Khan, crossed the region.

The first people have been living here about thousands years ago - the up to 5000-year-old stone inscriptions and the 3000-year-old town of Osh support this fact. The nomadic people of the Kyrgyz first appeared here about 2000 years ago and they are one of the oldest of Central Asia. They went south, coming from the Siberian region Yenisey and established the Kyrgyz Khanate at the beginning of the first millennium.

In the 6^th century some Turkic tribes came together into the Karakhanid Khanate. One of the most important and flourishing cities was the town named Balasagun. And nowadays you can still visit the Burana-tower part of it is still in the centre of the ancient city takes only 1 hour drive from Bishkek.

Later, in the 13^th century, the powerful Karakhanid statehood was conquered by Djingis Khan, who then established the Mongol Khanate. After the emperor Mongke's death the Khanate was split up into many small counties, and the territory of Kyrgyzstan fell under the power of the Chagatai Khanate.

Later, this region was switched by the Kokand Khanate, dominated by Uzbeks. But after a flourishing in the years 1873 - 1874 the region fell under power of the Russian Empire. And later since 1936 it became one of the Soviet republics of the Soviet Union.

In 1991, the country received its independence and since then it is known as the Kyrgyz Republic.